Dear Reader,
Recovery doesn’t begin when the story changes—it begins when the body finally stays.
For this episode of The Somatic Pleasure Podcast, I sit down with Michele Garcia, founder of Cielo Sober Living, to explore sobriety as a lived practice of humility, regulation, and relationship. This is not about fixing the past. It’s about how people learn to remain present with what’s here—day after day—without numbing, bypassing, or performing enlightenment.
Beneath the language of addiction and awakening, this conversation is really about capacity: how the nervous system learns to tolerate truth, how ritual and inventory become anchors, and how sound and silence can re-teach the body to settle without escape.
But here’s the thing…
This episode isn’t about Michele.
It’s about you—and what happens when intensity shows up in your life and you don’t reach for relief. It’s about whether you can feel what’s here without turning it into a story, a crisis, or a spiritual identity.
This episode is for you if you’re sober, questioning, supporting someone in recovery, or simply tired of self-improvement that never quite lands in the body.
We explore tensions like:
- surrender vs control
- sensation vs story
- community vs isolation
- regulation vs willpower
“Sobriety isn’t about being good—it’s about being present enough to tell the truth.” — Michele Garcia
The ground here is steady.
Nothing to chase.
Nothing to prove.
🎧 Podcast Premiere:Friday, January 16 at 10:30 AM PDT
Arrive with your body. Press play when you’re ready.
